So much has happened this past month:
1. Will now take her bottle out of your hands and put it in her mouth (if she thinks you are not giving it to her quickly enough) Still has not mastered that she has to tip the bottle up, so you have to lean her back... but grabbing the bottle from you and trying to feed herself is a step in the right direction.
2. She will also now find her paci and pick it and put it back in her mouth
3. She give us wonderful slobbery kisses! She will come at you with her mouth open and the she kind of licks your face!! LOVE THEM!! soo sweet!
4. She has mastered the army crawl! Now, instead of rolling everywhere, she army crawls the floor.. however, she is inches away from crawling!! It started off by going up on her knees, but not her arms, then it went to both arms and knees going up and then she would just hang out. Then it went to where she was up there and started rocking back & forth and then we got the one leg going up like she wanted to try to stand on it... and now she tries to move (crawl) but it usually just ends up with her lunging forward. Poor thing gets very frustrated trying to figure it out!
5. She has also figured out that if she holds onto something she can pull herself up to a standing position. (obviously she cant let go, but she can stand) Which she tries this all day! It was crazy! I was laying on the floor with her the other night (on my side) and the next thing I knew she was using my waist/legs to pull herself up and then there she stood! Stephen and I of course were completely freaking out!! soo now she will pull on just about everything to try to stand up! (ie: couch, chair legs, jumperoo pole legs and her toy that stands up and has wheels - which doesn't always work to great for her, bc it rolls)
6. Her latest accomplishment, as of Wednesday night was to finally figure out how to sit up on her own, without our help.. last week she pulled herself up to a sitting position in her bath-tub and I think that was the kicker to her figuring out how to do it!! It was something she has been trying to do all week!! and last night she made it! She kind of pulls herself up on her side and then just slowly slides the rest of her body up! She is still mastering it, soo sometimes it takes a couple of tries.. which leaves her very frustrated, almost yelling at the situation.. quite funny to watch/listen to! Just a side note!! Addison has discovered the bubbles in her bathtub and its soo cute cause she keeps trying to pick them up!!
8. Addison has really discovered GA.....She will just stare at her and laugh! She thinks GA is soo funny!! It really is so cute to watch! Poor GA I think has no clue really what to do with Addison, except smoother her in kisses (for some reason GA loves to lick her all over the face- probably all the formula or extra food on her face -lol!) which now Addison will laugh and turn her head away. However, if you put Addison down next to GA, GA will immediately walk away... probably has to do with the fact that Addison now pulls GAs hair!! Poor GA!! lol!
I still cant get over how much she has accomplished in just 1 month! Just recently She went through a growth spurt, eating a ton (which was AWESOME!!, No fight to eat) the downside..... she started to WAKE up at least 2x a night.. leaving Mom here very worn out! But then this last week, she started eating normal again (meaning not eating so great and mom here fighting with her to eat) but she started to sleep through the night again, The funny thing was, I didn't notice any clothing size difference, but IN one week, Addison stood up on her own and she figured out how to sit up on her own. My daycare brought up a good point, yeah she had a growth spurt, not in "size" but a growth spurt of her mind! Crazy how much a baby can learn in just 1 year of their life!! or in just 1 month! I do want to point out though.. that she did have a small size growth spurt - kind of like an over the night spurt from Wed-Thurs night - she woke up and had more hair and her legs grew.. so some of her pants now are a little high watered.. lol! Tops still fit though..
Addison still sleeps great at night (for the most part..knock on wood) We also just recently transitioned into 2 naps (33wks), she always took a morning nap/lunch nap and afternoon nap, however with her age and noticing that she could stay up 3 hrs in between, I decided to see if we could go to 2 naps and so far so good. We now go down around 9:30 AM and sleep roughly 2 hrs and then again around 1:30/2 and sleep another 2 hours. Addison still loves her solids... Our NEW foods this month have been, Mango, Prunes, Apricots, Carrots and Sweet Potatoes . We have Oatmeal and fruit in the morning with some juice in our sippy cup and a Vegetable and Rice in the evening. Our formula intake has gone down with the solids, but the Dr said that was to be expected. Cannot wait for the day when Addison can hold her own bottle/sippy cup and we no longer have to fight to get her to eat and I really cant wait for the day when she can go to milk and not have to have formula only 4 more months!! CRAZY!!! 4 more months and our peanut is a Year!! In regards to formula - after 4 weeks, ratio 1 GS /2 Enfmail and then 2 GS /1 Enfamil, we have now finally transitioned into the Good Start and luckily the transition went smoothly and I don't even know if Addison noticed.
All in all she is growing in leaps and bounds... well maybe in her knowledge/accomplishments, not size!! LOL! Such a little talker and full of smiles to brighten our days! Still shy when she meets new people, definitely still going through a phase of always wanting Mommy near.. some days are worse than others... but slowly she is getting better at being able to play independantly and not always needing Mommy right there! Still loves Peak-a-boo, being picked upside down, her jumperoo. Constantly trying to reach for everything and anything (things she shouldn't have) and putting everything in her mouth. And with becoming more and more mobile she has started to discover so many new things .... ie cords, the volume button on the surround sound, Stephens video game controllers.. definitely keeping us on our toes!
We truly are enjoying every minute of our life with Addison and we couldn't be thankful enough for all that God has given to us!
